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re·sume (ri zo̵̅o̅m′, -zyo̵̅o̅m′)

transitive verb resumed -·sumed′, resuming -·sum′·ing

    1. to take, get, or occupy again to resume one's seat
    2. to take back or take on again to resume a former name
  2. to begin again or go on with again after interruption to resume a conversation
  3. to summarize or make a résumé of

Etymology: ME resumen, to assume < MFr resumer < L resumere < re-, again + sumere, to take: see consume

intransitive verb

to begin again or go on again after interruption

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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